Kitchen-rack



W m1 am (No Model.)

M. KAISER. KITCHEN RACK.

Patented Apr. 5, 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KITCHEN-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,753, dated April 5, 1898.

Application filed May 3, 1897. Serial No. 634,908. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGUERITE KAISER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kitchen- Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in kitchen-racks; and it consists in the novel construction of rack more fully set forth in the specification, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of the rack. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

The object of my invention is to construct a kitchen-rack for the temporary and convenient support of dishes, pot-lids, kitchen utensils, and the like which will be simple, present a maximum amount of supporting surface, and be cheap, durable, and light. In detail the device may be described as follows:

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a tapering plate forming the back of the rack, the upper end being provided with an opening 2, adapted to be passed over a nail or hook from which the rack is suspended. Along the outer face of the said plate 1 and disposed adjacent to the opposite inclined edges there of are disposed longitudinally the side walls 3, which gradually expand from top to bottom, each wall being provided with a series of parallel recesses 4, inclined upwardly or disposed in planes making an acute angle with the back wall 1, the recesses on one side alining with the corresponding recesses on the opposite side. The bases of the several recesses on each side are disposed in the same straight line, whereby (by reason of the tapering form given to the walls 3) the depth of the recesses gradually increases as the same approach the base of the wall 3.

5 represents dishes supported on the rack.

By making the walls 3 inclined toward each other it enables the lower series of recesses to support articles of greater length, (the distance between the series on one side and that on the other increasing as the base of the rack is approached.) By making the recesses incline upwardly the articles can be better supported therein. By making the recesses of increasing depth articles of various dimensions can be accommodated, and by disposing the side walls in planes perpendicular to the backplate the articles are prevented from rolling off the rack. The wall or back 1,though shown as a plate, can be in the form of a frame, and it is apparent that other minor changes might be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

By the use of the present rack pot-lids of assorted sizes can be conveniently disposed along the rack, whereby a lid of any particular size can at any time be conveniently apprehended.

The bases of the recesses 4 are disposed in a plane removed a suitable distance from the plane of the adjacent surface of the backplate 1, this arrangement, coupled with the fact of the planes of the side walls being perpendicular to the plane of the backplate, preventing articles such as plates or flat dishes from rolling off the rack, as the point of contact between the peripheral edge of the dish and the back 1 and the points of contact between the same edge and the bases of the pair of recesses within which the plate or dish rests are not in the same straight line. If the recesses 4 reached to the face of the back 1, the dishes would roll off, as there would be nothing to seize the sides thereof.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a rack, a suitable back-plate, side walls carried thereby, and disposed in planes perpendicular to the plane of the back-plate said \valls tapering from bottom upward, suitable recesses disposed along said walls and inclining upwardly and progressively increasin g in depth from top to bottom, the recess on one side alining with a corresponding recess on the opposite side, and the bases of the recesses being disposed in a plane removed a suitable distance from the adjacent surface of the back-plate, substantially as set forth.

3. In a rack, a suitable back-plate, side walls carried thereby, and disposed in planes perpendicular to the plane of the back-plate said walls being inclined toward one another a suitable distance from the adjacent surface and tapering from bottom upwardly, suitof the back, substantially as set forth. 1o able recesses disposed along said walls and In testimony whereof I affix my signature inclining npwnrdlyand progressivelyineroasin presence of two witnesses.

ing in depth from top to bottom, the recess MARGUERI'IE KAISER.

on one side alining with a corresponding re- \Vitnesses:

cess on the opposite side, and the bases of the ALFRED A. MATIIEY,

recesses being disposed in a plane removed EMIL STAREK. 

